A. Study the text and analyze the generic structure. Use only a single simple sentence to fill in the generic structure.Text 1
I learned to surf a few years ago when I was in my teens. My dad paid for a course as present, because I had just passed some important exams.
It was a sunny weekend in June. Anyway, the whole first day had gone by and I had not managed one successful ride. All my friends were watching, and of course I wanted to impress them.
I eventually paddled out for my last attempt of the day when the sun was setting over the bay. I scrambled onto the board and for the first time I didn’t fall off straightaway. I had just got up on my feet on the board when someone almost crashed right into me. But I stayed on.
The generic structure
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Text 2
Meiji Tennō, or Mutsuhito, was the emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912. During whose reign Japan was dramatically transformed from a feudal country into one of the great powers of the modern world.
The second son of the emperor Kōmei, Mutsuhito was declared crown prince in 1860;
following the death of his father in 1867. He was raised to the throne.
In 1868 his coronation ceremony was carried out, and he took the name Meiji, by which the era of his reign is also known. Meiji’s accession to the throne coincided with the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the restoration to the emperor of supreme executive authority in the country.
Meiji supported the growing popular consensus on the need for modernization of Japan along Western lines that had developed as a result of the country’s resumption of contact with other nations after a 250-year period of cultural and economic isolation.

In 1868 Meiji took the “Charter Oath of Five Principles,” which launched Japan on the course of westernization. As emperor he formally ordered, though he did not initiate, the abolition of the feudal land system (1871), the creation of a new school system (1872), adoption of the cabinet system of government (1885), promulgation of the Meiji Constitution (1889), and opening of the Diet (1890).
He played active roles in the prosecution of the Sino-Japanese War (1894–95) and the Russo- Japanese War (1904–05). In 1910 he issued an edict proclaiming the annexation of Korea to Japan.
The generic structure
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Text 3
The Spanish Armada
In May 1588, Spain was the most powerful country in Europe. King Philip II of Spain was determined to conquer England and become its King. He ordered a large number of ships to be prepared to set sail and invade England.
At first, the English queen, Queen Elizabeth I, ignored the rumours of a Spanish invasion, but soon she came to realize the great danger the country was facing. And she made sure that England would be prepared for a battle. Eventually, the Spanish were ready and over 100 ships set sail towards the English Channel.
As soon as the Spanish ships were seen from the English coast, fires were lit on the hills as a signal that the invasion was coming. When the Spanish got close enough, the English navy closed in and a great sea battle began.
Once the battle began, it was obvious to the Spanish that the would be defeated. Not only did the English have stronger and more powerful ships, but they also made terrifying use of fire ships – boats that were deliberately set ablaze and then sent amongst the Spanish fleet.
As last the battle was over. A few Spanish ships escaped and eventually reached home, but many were sunk. And to this day, some of their wreck still lie on the seabed in the English Channel

The generic structure
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B. Now you create your generic structure to be expanded into a complete recount. Use only a single simple sentence to write the generic structure of a recount. Later you develop it into a recount.
The generic structure is: Orientation : __________ Sequence of events :
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